Around 1946. Martha Vickers flirts with the camera in an outrageous ensemble that pairs black velvet gloves with a diaphanous skirt. It’s no surprise that Martha appeared three times the previous year on the cover of Yank, The Army Weekly. The GIs must have loved her! And they weren’t alone: in 1947 she was crowned “Miss Timber” by members of the Northeastern Retail Lumbermen’s Association.
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